The Second Circuit Court of Appeals altered some of its original findings in a lawsuit dealing with MBS liability under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act.

Itasca Park issued its first non-agency MBS issuance this week and Blackstone made its return to the non-agency MBS market as an issuer.

Issuers are increasingly delivering GSE-eligible owner-occupied mortgages to non-agency MBS in a bid to diversify liquidity.

The comment period on a concept release from the SEC to revise disclosure requirements on MBS and ABS closed in December. Since then, SEC officials have held a number of meetings with industry groups.

After publishing new rating criteria for non-agency MBS, Fitch Ratings upgraded thousands of tranches.

The rapid rise in investor interest for home equity loan securitizations has drawn parallels to the rise of non-QM MBS post the 2008 crisis.

Originator collateral misrepresentation and servicer reporting fraud also received a notable portion of votes for the most concerning schemes in a new survey from the Structured Finance Association.

Liability under ERISA for MBS structures could be impacted by a recent appeals court’s ruling in a long-running lawsuit.

Annaly Capital Management is set to issue a $349.3 million non-agency MBS with loans originated by AmeriHome Mortgage.

Some 68.0% of mortgages originated in 2025 were sold into MBS. Securitization rates were stable across most products, except for expanded-credit mortgages, where the securitization rate increased sharply. (Includes data table.)